Matilda The Musical new West End cast includes Tiffany Graves, Neil McDermott & Eve Norris

New casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical which is now in its 13th year in London.

Angelica Scott will join Anna Deikalo, Ava Posniak and Sophia Saravanan in the title role of Matilda, from 10 September.

Joining the company in principal roles are Tiffany Graves as Mrs Wormwood, Neil McDermott as Mr Wormwood and Eve Norris as Miss Honey. Kieran Hill will continue in the role of Miss Trunchbull.

Eve’s stage credits include: Groundhog Day (Old Vic), Be More Chill (The Other Palace), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (UK tour); Bat Out of Hell (Dominion) and Girl From The North Country (UK tour).

Tiffany recently appeared in Drew McOnie’s hit new show The Artist (Theatre Royal Plymouth) as well as the The Witches at the National Theatre, 101 Dalmatians: The Musical (Regent’s Park) and Gypsy (UK tour).

Neil McDermott’ has appeared in the West End productions of Pretty Woman: The Musical, Glory Ride (The Other Palace), The Wind in the Willows (London Palladium) and the UK tour ‘s of Laura Wade’s comedy Home, I’m Darling and Anthony Shaffer’s dark psychological thriller, Sleuth.

Pearce Barron, Alex Louize Bird, Reece Budin, Dan Cooke, William Elijah-Lewis, Issy Khogali, Sam Lips, Sam Jeffrey Parkes, Jak Skelly, Ralph Watts and Dawn Williams will join the existing adult cast which includes Esme Bacalla-Hayes, Ronan Burns, Karina Hind, Sam Lathwood, Gabrielle Davina Smith and Deborah Tracey.

The other young performers announced today, joining the London company in the roles of Bruce, Lavender, Nigel and the rest of the pupils at Crunchem Hall are: Pasquale Aben-Danan, Elyza Alderton, Beatrice Armitage, Joseph Burrows, Maddy Collings, Sienna Culm, Joey Grady, Blake Graham, Alexandra Horner, Adam Hussain, George Jones, Amber Koduah-Hutchison, Tristan Marwa, Isabelle McLatchie, Anayah Thomas and Kobe Warmington.

These new performers join the existing young cast: Nesim Adnan, Ryo Appadu, Amelia-Grace Cambridge, Max Garlick, Jesamine-Bleu Gibbs, Kaylen Luke, Charlie Man-Evans, Yvie Moore and Marnie Rae Warren-Baker.

Matilda has won an impressive 101 international awards since it premiered in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2010, including 24 awards for Best Musical, and been seen by over 11 million people in 90 cities worldwide.

The show is written by Dennis Kelly, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and developed and directed by Matthew Warchus.

The creative team of Matilda also includes design by Rob Howell, choreography by Peter Darling, orchestrations, additional music and musical supervision by Christopher Nightingale, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, sound by Simon Baker and special effects and illusions by Paul Kieve.

The long-running hit is currently booking to 25 May 2025 at the Cambridge Theatre.

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